thanks!
I am still waiting for more decision letters but I applied to 6 colleges got into 2 so far:
Rider University and Cazenovia University
My stats are just average but below average by CC standards I guess.
GPA: 3.18 UW 3.5 W
SAT scores: 1600 1120 critical reading and math
Extra activities: member of several clubs, did track for a year, assistant web designer with my school’s teacher, and
library community service for 3 years.
Race: I know everyone will say I only got in because I’m black and Native american.
Never held a job
Wrote a decent essay that was graded and checked over by my english teacher and writing teacher
My letters of recc were probably what really got me in because all my teachers wrote good things about me and love me.
I also had a rigorous schedule, mostly all honor classes but only 1 AP class because my school only offers like 3
My class rank is 57 out of 378 so I’m in the top 15% I believe.
I was accepted into rider with a 18k merit scholarship and cazenovia with a 20k scholarship. I was kind of surprised by that.
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2210 (CR: 750 M: 710 W: 750) Single Sitting
ACT (breakdown): NA
SAT II: Math II (800) Chemistry (780) Biology E (740)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): No GPA but should be around 3.8. Slightly higher
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA
AP (place score in parenthesis):Psychology 5 Microeconomics 4 Macroeconomics 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): NA
Senior Year Course Load: English, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Law, AP Calc AB, Spanish, Beginner Hockey, Leadership
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing Major
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Swimming (School Varisty Team Captain and Head Coach), MUN (Club president, Executives, Founder, Staff, and awards), Debate (Club President), Exec positions at two non-profit organizations.
Job/Work Experience: NA
Volunteer/Community service: Local Community centres, Food Bank, Salvation Army, Farms, Local Hockey Clubs
Summer Activities: Swimming
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 I probably one of the best essays I have ever written
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 9
Teacher Rec #2: 9
Counselor Rec: 6
Additional Rec: NA
Interview: NA
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: NA
Intended Major: Public Health
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Canada
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Appx. 80,000-100,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NA
Accepted to Johns Hopkins (Early Decision)
I don’t get why people post these when they get results from 1 school and they’re waiting to hear back from 10 others… shouldn’t you just wait until you hear back from all of them? I thought that was the point of a results thread…
Decision: Accepted
Tufts University (will attend, applied ED I)
Northeastern University with a $16k scholarship
Fordham University with at least a $15k scholarship
Ohio State University with $18k in scholarships (OOS)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (no scholarship information yet)
SUNY Binghamton
Decision: Deferred
Case Western Reserve University
Objective:
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): N/A
[</em>] ACT: 34 (34 English, 35 Math, 35 Reading, 33 Science)
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math I, 740 Math II, 730 Bio M
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 95.14 (I think a 4.0?)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 26/417
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: School doesn’t offer honors/AP, so here’s my schedule (every course I took was required of me and I didn’t get to choose my schedule):
English IV
Calculus (accelerated)
Spanish V (accelerated)
Physics
Christian Humanism
American History II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A
[/li]
[list]Subjective:
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Computer Tech Club (project manager), literary magazine (co-editor-in-chief), String Orchestra for four years, Social Studies Club, Science Club, National Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Camp Counselor for one summer, administrative assistant at a pre-school for another summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Teach Catholic education at my local parish (funny part is that I’m not Catholic but that’s a different story haha)
[</em>] Summer Activities: The aforementioned activities, plus I had an internship at a local hospital (top 10 in the US for cardiology) in their biomedical engineering department; I also had a lot of experience in their administrative offices and I helped out the hospitals CAO and a lot of her secretaries with filing, organizing folders, creating spreadsheets and optimizing their organization in general, etc.
[<em>] Essays: Common App was around an 8.5 or 9/10, my Tufts supplements ranged from an 8.5 to a 9.5/10 in my opinion. I worked really hard on them and I think they really showed my personality – I chose semi-risky topics for my essays, but I think that they were interesting/funny enough to make my application memorable. The essays for University of Virginia were pretty good. Only other school that required a supplement that I actually had the chance to apply to was Ohio State and I basically copy and pasted parts of other essays I’ve written, so I guess it wasn’t great haha.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My Intro to Calculus teacher gave a decent recommendation I think (never saw the recommendation), and my English teacher/Spanish teacher (he taught me in both subjects last year) probably gave me a good recommendation. My school is not known for the teachers giving out good recommendations
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Not to get too much into how my school writes the counselor recommendation, but let’s just suffice to say that it’s probably bad. Not that my guidance counselor didn’t like me, but because there’s basically a system where a random senior teacher (who you’ve almost definitely never met) is chosen to write your letter. Long story short, it’s probably not particularly great.
[</em>] Additional Rec: See above.
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[</em>] Supplementary Material: See essays
[list]Other
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY (Long Island specifically)
Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Private Catholic school
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket(mention if FA candidate): Hard to say since my parents are divorced and my father owns his own business. Probably around $70k if I had to guess. Very good financial aid package from Tufts, which is based on need.
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I’m an atheist at a Catholic school, which is sort of interesting… (who am I kidding; I’m a boring, white engineering student from affluent Long Island)
[list]Reflection
[<em>] Strengths: Essays, ACT score
[</em>] Weaknesses: Lack of demonstrated interest at some schools, lack of unique activities, basically didn’t stand out as well as I think I could have so I tried to make my essays matter more.
General Comments
I’m pretty sure I got deferred from Case Western to protect their yield and because I showed low interest. I would’ve actually liked to have had the chance to go there. It’s a shame, but I’m very happy to be a Jumbo. I also applied to University of Virginia, but I’ll have to withdraw that application way before I ever hear back from them. I had a few other applications prepared to go, but I’m really happy to be going to Tufts. My main tips for any juniors or people even younger than that would be to do your research early. Get your standardized tests out early, get your research done early, get everything done as early as possible so that you can focus on just being you your senior year. Don’t waste time stressing about standardized test scores or finishing up essays that are pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Just try to make it as stress-free for yourself as possible and try to give yourself as much leeway as possible when you’re finishing up high school.
Accepted to:
Indiana University at Bloomington - for Kelley School of Business - Kelley School Direct Admit, Invited to the Huttons Honors College, and rewarded the Dean’s Scholarship for $11,000 per year
Santa Clara University (Early Action) - for Leavey School of Business - semi-finalist for the Johnson Scholars Program
Northwestern University (Early Decision) - Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): none
ACT: 32 (34 E, 34 M, 33 R, 28 S 9 W) but 33 superscore with higher score in science (30) and writing (10)
SAT II: 740 Bio M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (4), Biology (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Computer Science AP, English Literature AP, Calculus AB AP, Philosophy, Economics, French III, US Gov, Yoga
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Speech and Debate - Parliamentary Debate (Secretary), SADD (Outreach leader), California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society (Secretary), Service leader (elected by faculty - 1 of 14 students)
Job/Work Experience: none
Volunteer/Community service: 200+ (was also a charity coordinator for my condominium building every Christmas season)
Summer Activities: Stanford National Forensics League Institute for 1 week for parliamentary Debate, UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship Camp for 2 weeks
Essays: Really deep- I worked hard on those - my college counselor who is a Stanford admissions officer this year said they were really good
Teacher Recommendation: I have no idea, but assuming good since I got accepted lol
Counselor Rec: no idea
Additional Rec:none
Interview: none
Other
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Catholic All Girls
Ethnicity: Didn’t put it down, but Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Enough that I didn’t apply for financial aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): NONE!
Reflection
Strengths: Community service oriented, very strong essays, GPA
Weaknesses: Standardized test scores (specifically the science section), no major awards, not that many APs
General Comments: I was very fortunate and blessed to have been accepted to all of the schools I had applied to early and will not have to continue writing applications for the rest of the schools I planned to apply to if I didn’t get into Northwestern. Good luck to everyone else in the application process!
You all can yawn, but here goes…
PSAT: 211 overall, 69 CR, 64 M, 78 W
SAT I: 2030 overall, 700 CR, 650 M, 680 W (70 MC, 8 essay)
National Merit Semifinalist (yay)
Home schooled
4.0 GPA, unweighted
Coursework: Rigorous math through Calc II, will include Calc III. I will have like 7 units of math in high school. Science: Physiology, Chemistry, Physics for 2 yrs. 4 yrs English, college level work. Some necessary social studies classes. 1 yr foreign language (Spanish.)
ECs (largely irrelevant since my colleges didn’t care about them)
Civil Air Patrol. Several leadership positions and several awards for aerospace education, solo pilot in gliders.
College app essays: N/A
LORs: N/A
Degree Interest: Aerospace Engineering
Applied to: Wichita State University, New Mexico State University
Accepted to: Wichita State University, New Mexico State University
Scholarship prospects: If I make NMF, full ride at Wichita State (my top choice) or tuition+board+$2500 per/sem at NM State. If I stay a NMSF (quite unlikely), I will go with a similar offer from NM State with the stipend at $1,125 per semester.
General comments: I am satisfied with my results and will be happy to attend either university. I am very glad I made NMSF as it has made a path for me to find substantial merit aid. Best wishes to all the Class of 2015!
Can the argument be made that SAT is a good indicator of the value of your GPA???
Your take guys… All these kids(in general) with 4.0-4.3 GPA’s and like 1800 SAT’s…
@lifeishard The whole reason that standardized testing is around is to give an objective evaluation of a student’s abilities. Many schools make it very easy for students to get high GPAs (grade inflation).
Then again, SATs aren’t a perfect measurement of ability either. Looking at both, in context, gives a solid picture of academic ability.
(Just for everyone’s information, I’m actually a member of the Class of 2012. But my stats and stuff might still be relevant since they’re not that old, so I’m posting them here just in case.)
Applied: The University of Miami (UM), the University of South Florida (USF), the University of Central Florida (UCF), Florida State University (FSU), Florida International University (FIU), St. Thomas University, The University of Tampa, Florida Atlantic University (FAU), Florida Southern College (FSC), and Stetson University
Accepted: UM, USF, UCF, FSU, FIU, St. Thomas University, The University of Tampa, FAU, FSC, and Stetson University
Rejected: None
Honors and Awards Offered: The UM Endowed/Gift Award ($4,000/year); the University of Miami’s Trustee’s Scholarship ($11,000/year); the University of Miami’s Miami Grant ($1,900/year); the University of South Florida’s Freshman Residential Grant ($2,000/year); the University of South Florida’s First Generation Matching Grant ($1,000/year); USF Honors Scholar ($500); the University of South Florida’s History of Achievement Award ($1,500/year); the USF Directors Award ($3,000/year); the University of Central Florida’s HAS Pegasus Gold Scholarship 12-13 ($3,000/year); Florida State University’s Freshman U. Scholarship ($2,400/year); the Differential FSU Grant ($2,400/year); Florida International University’s Presidential Scholarship ($5,000/year); immediate acceptance into FIU’s Honors College; and St. Thomas University’s Vision 2000 Scholarship ($3,875/year), among others
Stats
- PSAT Scores
- Attempt #1 (9th): 59 (reading), 50 (math), and 56 (writing)
- Attempt #2 (11th): 63 (reading), 56 (math), and 72 (writing)
- SAT Scores
- Attempt #1 (11th): 630 (reading), 590 (math), and 700 (writing)
- Attempt #2 (12th): 690 (reading), 570 (math), and 730 (writing)
- ACT Scores
- Attempt #1 (11th): 27 (composite), 33 (English), 24 (math), 28 (reading), 23 (science), and 8 (writing)
- Attempt #2 (12th): 29 (composite), 32 (English), 25 (math), 34 (reading), 25 (science), and N/A (writing)
- GPA
- 9th: 3.64 unweighted, 4.46 weighted
- 10th: 3.86 unweighted, 4.57 weighted
- 11th: 4.00 unweighted, 4.96 weighted
- 12th: 3.86 unweighted, 4.732 weighted
- Class Rank: 20/316 (if I’m not mistaken, I was in the top 6% of my class)
Additional Academic Info.
- Honors and Awards: Recipient of the AP Scholar with Honor Award, the President’s Award for Educational Excellence, The University of New Mexico Certificate of Merit, Principal’s Honor Roll (a couple of times), Honor Roll (multiple times), the Perfect Attendance Award, the Certificate of Recognition to Attend the 2009 Congressional Student Leadership Conference, and una Diploma En reconocimiento por la obtencion de una beca [$800 U.S.]
- AP Scores: A 5 for AP Spanish Language and Culture (which I actually took while I was in 8th grade) as well as for AP Psychology and a 3 for AP Environmental Science as well as AP English Literature and Composition
- Courseload: Three years of English classes (with AP English Lit. being the hardest), three years of Spanish classes (with Spanish Speakers IV Honors being the hardest), four years of math classes (with Statistics Honors being the hardest), four years of science classes (with AP Environmental Science being the hardest), 4.50 Social Science credits (with AP Psychology being the hardest of those classes), and numerous Dual Enrollment classes
- Senior Courseload: Music Appreciation, “Personal Finance Management - Business,” Business Management, AP English Literature, “Probability &Statistics w/ Appli” (in other words, Statistics Honors), Philosophy, Global Studies, AP Environmental Science, American Government Honors, Economics Honors, and Civics
Extracurriculars: Writing Club (Secretary for one year; then Co-President for one year); Mu Alpha Theta, or Math Honor Society (Secretary for one year); Galatea, the school’s annual literary magazine (Jr. Editor for one year); National Honor Society; Future Educators of America; Phi Beta Chi, or Science Honor Society; Students Against Cancer (SAC); OneBlood (as a blood donor); the local Susan G. Komen walkathon; English Honor Society; Tri-M Music Honor Society; and Social Science Honor Society
Volunteer Experience (155 hours total): My high school’s open house; my school’s 10-20-30 Year Reunion; my school’s Math and Homework Labs; Montessori Kids’ Academy; Habitat for Humanity; and the local Liga Contra el Cancer walkathon
Work Experience: N/A
Recommendation Letters: Most of my recommendation letters, which came from my College Counselor, my school’s Class of 2012 guidance counselor, and my teachers, were fantastic. The counselors knew me well because I would constantly see them (almost every day due to my paranoia, haha), so they had a lot to say about me. My teachers also knew me well because not only was I an active participant in class, but I also interacted with them quite often outside of class. For that same reason, even the only “OK” one that I saw was pretty good (the teacher in question knew me less than the others who also wrote me letters did, but she still knew me well enough).
Essays: Don’t remember what I wrote about for my essays or if they were any good anymore
Other
- High School Info.
- School Type: Private (Roman Catholic)
- Location: Florida
- Ethnicity: Hispanic
- Gender: Female
- Income Bracket: $25,000 (my EFC was 752)
- Hooks: First Generation student
Strengths: All of my letters of recommendation, my GPA, the number of dual enrollment classes that I took, my reading (English) as well as writing test scores, and my extracurriculars
Weaknesses: My science ACT score (the one from my first attempt was actually below the recommended benchmark for my grade level at the time) and my math test scores (I’d say that they were either average or only slightly above average)
General Comments: Don’t ever give up on your dreams! I honestly thought that I’d never be able to go to college, especially after I saw my EFC for the first time (because I didn’t understand at the time that having a low EFC would net me a LOT of aid). But I still worked my butt off because I was hoping for a miracle, and not only did I end up getting accepted to 10 universities (including UM, which I never thought I’d get into), but I also ended up getting scholarship offers of some kind from all 10 of those institutions, most of which were for a lot of money. In fact, I was actually being paid to attend FIU as an undergraduate! (I actually just graduated with my Bachelor’s, haha…) Also, take advantage of the resources and educational opportunities at your disposal! For example, I applied to all of the aforementioned universities only because I got both SAT and ACT college fee waivers (my school counselors introduced me to them) for eight of them. Finally, try to get to know your teachers AND your guidance counselor(s) early so that they’re able to write compelling, individualized recommendation letters for you (so that they don’t have to waste time thinking about what they can say about you that your transcripts don’t already).
I wish all of you who are currently going through the application process the best of luck! I hope that all of you get into your dream schools or, at the very least, schools that you’ll enjoy attending, and I hope that all of your educational dreams come true!
Results
[ul][]Will attend: Pomona College
[]Applied to: Columbia University, Stanford University, in-state public school
[li]Planned to apply to: Ivy League (not all 8 lol), NYU, NU, UChicago, multiple other top public & private schools, in-state public & private schools[/li][/ul]
Objective
[ul][]SAT I (first sitting): 2060 composite
[]SAT I (second sitting): 2120 composite
[]ACT w/o Writing: 35 composite
[]SAT II: Math II (720), US History (750)
[]GPA (UW out of 4.0): ~3.88
[]Rank (W out of 5.0): 4th out of ~530 seniors
[]AP (place score in parenthesis): US Govt (5), Chinese V (5), Lang. & Comp. (5), US History (5), Physics B (4), Calc BC (3), Chemistry (2)
[]Senior Year Course: Calculus III, AP Chinese V (retaking), Differential Equations, AP Lit., AP Physics III (Mech.), AP Psych.
[li]Honours/Awards: QB College Prep Scholar 11, QB National College Match Finalist 12, Academic Lettering 11-12[/li][/ul]
Subjective
[ul][]Extracurriculars: JV Tennis 9-11th gr., Varsity Speech/Debate 11, NHS 11-12, Link Crew 12
[]Work Experience: waiter/busboy 2014-present
[]Volunteer/Community service: full-time volunteer at local museum before it closed 9th-12th gr.
[]Essays: Based off a memoir I wrote for my Lang. class junior yr, Lang. teacher at the time thought it was very personal; current Lit. teacher helped me revise current version to show perseverance despite my underprivileged background
[]Recommendations: Lang. teacher & Chinese teacher (have had both for 2 yrs); both know my personal background
[]Counselor Rec: have talked w/ a lot starting junior yr, also knows my personal background
[li]Interview: N/A[/li][/ul]
Other
[ul][]Applied for Financial Aid?: QB National College Match
[]Intended Major: Undecided (leaning towards social work / intl relations)
[]School Type: Public
[]Ethnicity: not URM, I’ll give you that much 
[]Income Bracket: blue-collar working class
[]Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): 1st generation immigrant, 1st generation English speaker, 1st generation college student, low-income, QB Scholar
[/ul]
Reflection
[ul]ESSAYS ARE IMPORTANT. I can’t stress this enough. If top schools wanted numbers only, they’d simply choose kids with 2400 SAT scores and dozens of excessive ECs and leave the rest of us to fend for ourselves. This is not the case, however. Essays are the only way (besides an interview) that will show the human aspect of your application to the admissions staff; they let you tell your life story, as cheesy as that sounds. Be unique, be frank, and, most importantly, be genuine. This is not to say that your academics–grades, test scores, honours, awards–do not matter. However, the only way you’ll differentiate yourself from the thousands of other applicants is by writing a memorable, passionate story that shows your drive, your ambition to go to that college.
By all means, don’t let the “Chance Me” thread or the CC community get your spirits down. I was told that my “mediocre” academics and “lacking” ECs (not to mention my ethnicity) made the top schools a very distant and unlikely dream. I’m forever glad I didn’t take these suggestions to heart! Don’t let the pessimists ruin what remains of your high school and childhood years. Take hard classes you actually care about, not hard classes you think will make you look “well-rounded”. (Note: admissions officers are trained to catch such fluff work.) You also need to have realistic expectations. I realise I’m one of the lucky few to be accepted early, much less accepted at all. It’s very possible you may be rejected from each of the top “reach” schools you applied to. Despite this, never give up hope, and good luck to you all!
[/ul]
@bhkgpanda which schools you admitted into?
@ndemazita, Pomona.
Applied to: Northeastern, Colgate, University of Michigan, Case Western, College of Wooster
Accepted to: All but U of M, I was deferred there.
ACT: 31, breakdown = 34 English, 29 Math, 32 Science, 30 reading. Superscored I got a 31 on Math
Didn’t take SAT
Good EC’s
Great Recs
Solid essay.
I got the Dean’s scholarship from Wooster and large grants from CWRU, Colgate, and Northeastern. I withdrew my application from the University of Michigan after they deferred me as I applied ED to Colgate
Attending: Colgate University
@lifeishard I have the second highest SAT score in my school with a 1970 with a 3.7 and I know someone with a 4.0 (same rigor) with a 1430. It’s not a really great way to measure the quality of your GPA. Especially when you can be a 2.0 GPA student, do 3 months of SAT Prep and get a 2000 and be a strong 4.0 from a low income neighborhood and get a 1600.
@CaliCash
Yeah, I mean I probably have a 3.7-3.8 GPA at my school(Dumb Hard) and I received a 2330 on the SAT…
But I’m barely top 15-20%? Not 10%… So yeah it all depends on the school… My argument was that it is just like a reasonable indicator but not the SOLE indicator because I do agree that some people slack really bad and OUT OF THE BLUE they receive a 2100 or something. These people have the capability but rather they are lazy probably. I don’t know…
What was the Highest SAT Score at your school BTW? 3:-O
Also, I got lucky on the SAT(I took the December one and it is actually easier than October)
LEGIT…
L-)
Major: Applied for either Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering
Accepted: UC Berkeley (Attending for MechE), Cornell, UCLA, USC, Cal Poly SLO, UCSD, UCD, UCSB, UCI
Waitlisted: Harvey Mudd College
Rejected: Stanford, Columbia
SAT I: 2210 (Math 770, Reading 730, Writing 710)
SAT II: Math 2- 800, Biology(M)- 760
GPA: 4.0 unweighted 4.5 unweighted
AP:
World History 5
US History 5
Lang and Comp 3
Calculus AB 5
Biology 4
Physics B 5
Lit and Comp 4
Stats 5
Psychology 5
US Gov 5
Community Service/Leadership/ECs/Awards:
Public Library (Weekly 11th 12th)
Food Bank (Few tims 9th)
Veterans of Foreign Wars (Few times 10th)
Optimist Community Service Club (Member 9,10,11, VP in 12th)
PenFriends Community Service Club (11th,12th)
Link Crew Leader (12th)
Anime Club (Founder and President 10,11,12)
French Club (Member 9th, President 10,11,12)
Academic Team (Captain 9,10,11,12)
AYSO Soccer (9,10,11,12)
CSF (9,10,11,12)
NHS(11,12)
AP Scholar with Distinction
Time Warner Essay Contest winner
Cardinal Scholar (At my school you got this if you got a 4.0+)
Accepted: Barnard (ED, so i rescinded my 7 other apps)
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 700 CR, 700 Math, 610 Writing
ACT: 32
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 8/396
AP (place score in parenthesis): Spanish Lang (5), APUSH (4), World History (4), English Language (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Psych, AP English Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Gov and Econ, Honors Chorus
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): HOSA (2nd place in regional competition, unable to travel to state due to insufficient school funding) , NHS, Theatre (codirected 2 plays and starred in 2 as well) , Choir (Alto), Youth in Government (best witness award at state conference), Speech & Debate, 2015 Class Committee (secretary) Creative Writing Club, Model UN, Interact Club
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: ehhh maybe 100 hours total?
Summer Activities: none? oops?
Essays: Prompt: name a time when you challenged an idea. I wrote about how I chose to not have a quinceañera, a big no no in my very traditional Mexican family
Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see, was put in a strange situation, because I moved states halfway through my junior year and didn’t get to know ANY of my junior year teachers very well
Counselor Rec: my counselor ADORES me, so i assume it was very good
Additional Rec: High school theatre director, the closest thing i have to a mentor
Interview: N/A.
Other
State (if domestic applicant): SC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Inner-city public
Ethnicity: Mexican
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <$80,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): URM, 1st generaton to go to college in US
@loveandmayhem How did you get rejected to Stanford? Why do you think you did? Your scores and such are awesome with the workload…
This thread started way back in 2006. It would be awesome if some of the original posters could come back and tell us how their college experience went, what degree they ended up graduating with and what they are currently doing, and give some advice on what they would do differently, e.g. attended a different college, took different classes in high school, did a different major etc.